Confidence votes 29. He wanted to turn Russia into a great power. At the time when he became tsar, it was a a backwards, old-fashioned nation. He believed that Western Europe offered the best model for a progressive, modern, technologically advanced country.
makeup definition: The definition of makeup is forgiving. (adjective) An example of makeup used as an adjective is in the sentence, Give your friend a makeup handshake, which means to give your friend a handshake to show that the fight is over....
Meaning: Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance. Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects. Synonyms: make-up; makeup; war paint. Hypernyms (makeup is a kind of...): cosmetic (a toiletry designed to beautify the body) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of makeup): structure (the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts) phenotype (what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment)